World Geography is one of the courses that I teach. I am putting together a list of links to the course in this section. Students are invited to insert a link that they feel is of value to the course under the correct heading.
Map Games
For a world map game that is absolutely a panic and difficult at the same time see World Map Game
Here's a website with games in geography of various ranges of difficulty. The focus of the games is from nations to rivers and everything in between.Games for KidsNational Geographic Map Maker
Globalization
This site links human rights and globalization and seeks to improve human rights via trade: Globalization 101
Want to know a lot of facts immediately about the world? See Worldometers
Current Event Issues/News Related to Geography
The New York Times deals with news from all around the world and has a large amount of information about what is happening in the world of business. It also provides quick video tapes: New York Times
A selfless plug for the CBC. Canada's public broadcasting system. This particular link is related to archived stories. The search feature allows one to locate news footage by theme or region: CBC News Archives
Here's a site that provides English translation of what is being covered in Korean News and in news around East Asia (including Southeast Asia): Korea Beat
Newspapers from around the world Newseum
For a site related to documentaries related to a variety to topics see Download Free Political Documentaries
Events that are impacting the world right this very minute 10 x 10
Map Games
For a world map game that is absolutely a panic and difficult at the same time see World Map Game
Here's a website with games in geography of various ranges of difficulty. The focus of the games is from nations to rivers and everything in between.Games for KidsNational Geographic Map Maker
Five Themes of Geography
Location: Here's a website for places around Seoul and Korea. Enjoy: μμΈμ§λ
For an explanation of the Five Themes of Geography see About dot com: 5 Themes of Geography
The Geography of Jobs
You Type in the Coordinates and We Tell You the Place
Population Pyramids for Countries Around the World
Regions of the World
For maps of the world and world regions and nations see World Atlas
What's going on in Asia (a lot more than you think). See: Asia Society
For a source of trivia and possibly some facts about countries see Mental Floss
Religions of the world. For more information about world religions go to Religion
For those of you looking to connect to other young people around the world for your assignments or just out of personal interest, check out Taking It Global
Language families of the world
World Map of Languages
700 million want to immigrate
"Say, how much is that in dollars?" Universal currency converter
The Break Up of the Soviet Union Interactive
The Russian Mafia BBC
Issues in Economic Development
Food Crisis - the Facts
Globalization
This site links human rights and globalization and seeks to improve human rights via trade: Globalization 101
Want to know a lot of facts immediately about the world? See Worldometers
Current Event Issues/News Related to Geography
The New York Times deals with news from all around the world and has a large amount of information about what is happening in the world of business. It also provides quick video tapes: New York Times
A selfless plug for the CBC. Canada's public broadcasting system. This particular link is related to archived stories. The search feature allows one to locate news footage by theme or region: CBC News Archives
Here's a site that provides English translation of what is being covered in Korean News and in news around East Asia (including Southeast Asia): Korea Beat
Newspapers from around the world Newseum
For a site related to documentaries related to a variety to topics see Download Free Political Documentaries
Events that are impacting the world right this very minute 10 x 10